{"id":257441,"date":"2026-03-26T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=257441"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:31:03","slug":"pont-canal-briare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/pont-canal-briare\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c0 1h40 de Paris, ce pont sign\u00e9 Gustave Eiffel permet aux bateaux de flotter au-dessus de la Loire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 Briare, dans le Loiret, le pont-canal de Briare est un ouvrage spectaculaire qui permet aux bateaux de franchir la Loire en naviguant au-dessus du fleuve.<\/p>\n<p>La <strong>tour Eiffel<\/strong> n\u2019est pas l\u2019unique cr\u00e9ation mythique de <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/gustave-eiffel-monuments-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gustave Eiffel<\/a><\/strong>. Il est temps de vous guider dans les terres des <strong>ch\u00e2teaux de la Loire<\/strong>. Situ\u00e9 entre le fameux <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/lieux-insolites\/chateau-guedelon\/\" target=\"_blank\">ch\u00e2teau de Gu\u00e9delon<\/a><\/strong> et le <strong>ch\u00e2teau de la Bussi\u00e8re<\/strong>, le <strong>pont-canal de Briare<\/strong> est une construction improbable.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Un chemin pour bateaux <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dans cette ville travers\u00e9e par la<strong> Loire<\/strong>, ce monument historique, permet aux bateaux de circuler au-dessus du fleuve ! \u00c0 1H40 de Paris, les bateaux semblent flotter au-dessus de l\u2019eau en empruntant un v\u00e9ritable chemin d\u2019eau pos\u00e9 sur un pont. Il faut le voir pour le croire : maintenant, imaginez le <strong>Pont-Neuf<\/strong> travers\u00e9 par les <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/insolite\/histoire-insolite-paris\/histoire-bateaux-mouches-paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bateaux-mouches<\/a><\/strong>. C\u2019est exactement ce qu\u2019il arrive \u00e0 Briare, et ce, depuis le passage de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Eiffel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPS8cDIjOgJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPS8cDIjOgJ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Tourisme Loiret (@tourismeloiret)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Avant le <strong>pont-canal de Briare<\/strong>, le <strong>canal de Briare<\/strong> existait d\u00e9j\u00e0. Il s\u2019agissait d\u2019ailleurs d\u2019un des plus anciens canaux de France, car il a \u00e9t\u00e9 construit sous <strong>Henri IV<\/strong>. Or, ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas suffisant : la Loire est un fleuve dangereux o\u00f9 il est tr\u00e8s difficile de naviguer. Les bateaux qui souhaitaient atteindre la <strong>M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e<\/strong> en passant par Paris \u00e9taient oblig\u00e9s de passer par ici. Mais le niveau du fleuve varie constamment. Alors, \u00e0 la fin du XIX\u00e8me si\u00e8cle, les autorit\u00e9s imposent une facilitation de la navigation. Ainsi, la Loire a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00ab enjamb\u00e9e \u00bb, avec un canal d\u2019eau, qui se perche au-dessus de l\u2019eau !<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Construit par Gustave Eiffel<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_257450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-257450\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-257450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pont-canal de Briare \u00a9 Wikicommons\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-514x300.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-200x117.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-80x47.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-500x292.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-700x408.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-1000x583.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-600x350.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-857x500.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriareee-danparis-zigzag-1-1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-257450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Pont-canal de Briare \u00a9 Wikicommons<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>La construction du <strong>pont-canal de Briare<\/strong> a d\u00e9but\u00e9 en 1890 et s\u2019est achev\u00e9e en 1894. Toutes les fondations, ainsi que sa structure, ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par, ni plus, ni moins qu\u2019une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 appartenant \u00e0 <strong>Gustave Eiffel<\/strong>, ainsi que la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Dayd\u00e9 &amp; Pill\u00e9. Pour que ce monument voit le jour, il a fallu construire deux d\u00e9rivations de la <strong>Loire<\/strong>. Cet incroyable pont-canal est clairement une p\u00e9pite patrimoniale, et un bijou scientifique. En sachant que les travaux ont d\u00e9but\u00e9 3 ans apr\u00e8s l\u2019\u00e9dification de la <strong>Tour Eiffel<\/strong>, nous voyons ici une continuit\u00e9 au savoir spectaculaire en ing\u00e9nierie d\u2019<strong>Eiffel<\/strong> et de ses associ\u00e9s. En l\u2019arpentant, vous constaterez d\u2019ailleurs des \u00e9criteaux qui t\u00e9moignent de l\u2019importance du nom \u00ab Eiffel \u00bb, d\u00e9sormais reconnu mondialement. La ma\u00e7onnerie du pont s\u2019articule autour de quatorze piliers, construits dans le lit de la <strong>Loire<\/strong> et espac\u00e9s de 40 m\u00e8tres. C\u2019est gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 Eiffel si le <strong>pont-canal de Briare<\/strong> est capable de se percher au-dessus du fleuve.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_257449\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-257449\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-257449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pont-canal de Briare \u00a9 R.Bonnet \" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-514x300.jpg 514w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-200x117.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-80x47.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-500x292.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-700x408.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-1000x583.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-600x350.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-857x500.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pont-canal-debriaree-danparis-zigzag-1-1-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-257449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Pont-canal de Briare \u00a9 R.Bonnet<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>\u00c0 1H40 de Paris <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Le <strong>pont-canal de Briare<\/strong> est une ambition r\u00e9ussie. Comptez 662 m\u00e8tres de long, 11.50 m\u00e8tres de large et 11 m\u00e8tres de haut, tout cela au-dessus de l\u2019eau et en pesant 13680 tonnes. En comparaison, la <strong>tour Eiffel<\/strong> p\u00e8se 7300 tonnes ! En plus, le <strong>pont-canal de Briare<\/strong> \u00e9tait d\u00e9j\u00e0 un tr\u00e9sor technologique : d\u00e8s la fin du si\u00e8cle, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9clair\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9lectricit\u00e9, ce qui \u00e9tait clairement une grande innovation. Cela fait maintenant plus de 130 ans que ce pont sign\u00e9 \u00ab <strong>Eiffel<\/strong> \u00bb permet aux bateaux de passer. Vous pouvez d\u2019ailleurs y faire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tourismeloiret.com\/fr\/decouvrir\/les-incontournables-made-loiret\/le-pont-canal-de-briare\" target=\"_blank\">une petite croisi\u00e8re.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Longtemps, le<strong> pont-canal de Briare<\/strong> a \u00e9t\u00e9 le plus long pont-canal m\u00e9tallique du monde. Puis, en 2003, le <strong>pont-canal de Magdebourg<\/strong>, en <strong>Allemagne<\/strong> l\u2019a d\u00e9pass\u00e9, fier de ses 918 m\u00e8tres de long. Le plus long pont-canal du monde se trouve en <strong>Inde<\/strong>, et date en 1856. Quant aux cr\u00e9ations estampill\u00e9es \u00ab<strong>\u00a0Eiffel\u00a0<\/strong>\u00bb, elles sont nombreuses \u00e0 travers le monde\u00a0! Le viaduc de <strong>Garabit<\/strong>, dans le Cantal, est un exemple parlant !<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C0ruxy-rjDW\/?utm_source=ig_embed\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin:1px auto; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C0ruxy-rjDW\/\" style=\"color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#262626; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:1.4; margin:8px 0;\">Garabit \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n<p>Le tr\u00e8s connu viaduc, sous plusieurs angles \u263a\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccdViaduc de Garabit, Octobre 2023&quot;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Pont-Canal de Briare, 45250 Briare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Photo \u00e0 la une :<\/strong><\/em> Pont-canal de Briare \u00a9 Bernard Meyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c0 Briare, dans le Loiret, le pont-canal de Briare est un ouvrage spectaculaire qui permet aux bateaux de franchir la Loire en naviguant au-dessus du fleuve. La tour Eiffel n\u2019est pas l\u2019unique cr\u00e9ation mythique de Gustave Eiffel. Il est temps de vous guider dans les terres des ch\u00e2teaux de la Loire. 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